Iran suspected culprit behind recent attacks on U.S. bank websites

A number of denial of service attacks have taken down U.S. bank web sites since September. While some have come forward claiming responsibility, other believe Iran may be behind the attacks.

Bank of America releases a mobile payment service to compete with Square

The latest company to plunge into the world of mobile payment services is Bank of America, which announced it new Mobile Pay on Demand dongle today.

Worst board in America: HP, Yahoo, RIM compete for dubious prize [infographic]

HP has lost $80 billion in value in the last two years. Yahoo has lost $42 billion, and RIM $78 billion. And before a quick rebound to $86 billion in market value, Bank of America shed a staggering $136 billion …

WikiLeaks: We’re back in business for donations, baby (thanks, France)

WikiLeaks announced today that it is “back open for donations.”

The nonprofit organization is running a screen play past Visa and MasterCard, which have been blocking funds for the foundation, and will now be able to take donations through the …

Game publisher Electronic Arts is voted the “Worst Company in America”

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has a new feather in its cap: It has won The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America award.

The tournament rookie beat out America’s other most-hated companies by a landslide 64 percent vote. Rival honorees included …

Anonymous made fraudulent charges worth $700K in Stratfor attack

The FBI has revealed that there were $700,000 worth of fraudulent credit card charges after hacktivist group Anonymous stole nearly 200 gigabytes of data, including credit card numbers, from security firm Stratfor.

“At least $700,000 worth of unauthorized charges were …

Enterprise software player Splunk files for $125M IPO

Enterprise data software company Splunk has filed for a $125 million initial public offering, according to its SEC S-1 form.

San Francisco-based Splunk offers businesses software to better analyze and interpret their data. The company’s mission is to “make machine …

10 things you need to know about Anonymous’ Stratfor hack

On Dec. 24th, hacker collective Anonymous stole credit card info and other sensitive data from U.S. security firm Stratfor, but keeping track of who and what are affected by the scandal can be difficult.

We’ve put together a 10-point FAQ …

Occupy SF: Protesters pitch a tent inside a bank branch

This afternoon news came to VentureBeat’s front door in the form of an Occupy Wall Street protest in the lobby of our building. Around a hundred Occupy protesters streamed into a Bank of America branch at 50 California Street, located …

Anonymous readies its own social network after Google+ ban

Hacker group Anonymous plans to launch a new social network called AnonPlus where there will be “no fear of censorship,” after Google+ banned several accounts related to the group.

“As some of you know we got banned from Google+ due …